Game apparatus



Aug. 18, 1925..r H. R. H. MYTTON GAME APPARATUS Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

.UNITED stares OFFICE.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application iil'ed July 26, 1924. Serial No. 728,439,

To all @07mm t may concern:

Be it known thatI, HENRY R. H. MYTTON, a citizen of the United States, residing Vat Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, 'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a game apparatus andfhas for its principal object, the provision of relatively simple means, including a game board and movable game pieces for playing a game that will, in addition to affording an interesting and pleasing pastime, serve to test the skill of the players in the projecting of the movable game pieces over the surface of the playing board.

Further objects of my invention are to construct the game board so that it may be folded into relatively small compass while not in use, or packed for storage or transportation, and Vto provide simple means whereby a pocket or storage chamber may be formed at one end of the folded board for the reception of the game pieces, counters and other movable and detachable parts of the apparatus.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a game apparatus o-f my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 is a section taken lengthwise of the game board when the same is folded for storage or transportation.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the projectable game pieces.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

F ig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged Adetail section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a one p-iece game board embodying my invention.

My improved game board isV preferably formed in halves or two identical parts as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, each part including a plate-like member 10 of quadrangular form and having a flat smooth upper surface.

These plates may be formed of any material, such as wood veneer, compressed libre board or sheet metal and secured in any suitable manner on their upper surfaces and along their side edges and outer ends are low rails or ledges 11.

The two part-s of the game board thus constructed, are connected to each other at their inner ends by hinges 12, that are preferably arranged between the inner ends of the side rails 11. Thus one part of half of the game board may be swung' or folded over onto the other as illustrated in Fig. 3 and, to secure the parts when so folded, hooks 13, that are arranged on one end rail 11 may be engaged on pins 14 that project from the other end rail.

Secured in any suitable manner to the inner end of one part 10 and at a point half way between the sides thereof is a socket 15, one-half of which is adapted to project into a recess 16in the adjacent edge of the other part 10, when the game board is open for use. v

The top of socket 15 is flush with the smooth upper face of the game board and -said socket is adapted to receive and support a pin 16 that serves as a play of the game. 1

Painted, printed or stencilled on the top surface of the central portion of the game board and concentrically disposed about the pin socket 15 are circles 17, that are preferably spaced at equal distances apart and mark during which serve as guides for determining the relative positions of the game pieces and the distances between the same and the pin 16, during play of the game.

Appearing on the surface of the game board at equal distances from pin 16 are transverse lines 18 that may be termed dcad7 or foul lines, inasmuch as the game pieces after being projected by the players must stop or lie within the space between said lines and pin 16 in order to count or Y score for the respective players.

Appearing on the surface of the game board adjacent to the rails 11 at the ends of said board,- are transversely disposed lines 19, that may be termed starting lines, inasmuch as the game pieces are placed behind or upon said lines before being struck by the fingers of the players and projected toward the mark or pin 16.

Score of the game may be kept in any suitable manner, but I prefer to provide simple and convenient scoring means, by forming in one member of each pair of the rails 11 at the sides of members 10 a row of apertures, such as 2O and said apertures being adapted to receive markers or counting pins, such as 21.

The projectable game pieces 22 used in playing my improved game, are shaped somewhat similar to an ordinary hair pin as illustrated in Fig. .tand they are preferablyformed from wire, either round or square in cross section.

The distance between thelegsof the game pieces is slightly greater than the diameter of the pin 16.

To provide a small storage space in one end olf-the apparatus when the same is folded, as illustrated in Fig. 3, notches such as 23' are formed in rails-11 at the sides of one ofthe partsof the game boardnear the outer end thereof land adaptedl to be posi-V tioned in saidv notches are'the ends of a strip 24. Thuswhen the game board is folded las tillustrated in Fig. 3 and the strip is positioned in the notches 23, a small pocket or chamber 25 is provided between saidstrp and the adjacent end rails 11 and which pocket mayv'serve as a storage space for the` game pieces 22, pin 16 and the counting pins21 In playing a( game with y my improved apparatus, thejboard isunlfolded and laid ona level support such" as a table and the base of pin ,16Mis inserted in socket 15.

The players, positionedl at the ends of thenboard place the playing pieces upon or behindthestarting lines 19 with the ends of the legs of said pieces pointingl toward pin `16 and, byY a forward snapping movement of theiinger against the base yof thev playing piece, the latter is forcibly projected over the' surface of the board toward pinl ,16 with theobject of ringing7 the latter,- or to cause saidpiece to stop at a point immediately adjacentnornear to sa-idpin. Ifpone player succeeds inr ringing the pin with a game piece, then the opponent may endeavor yto so manipulate his game pieces as to dislodge the ringer orto strike and movethe latter away from the pin.

Various rules maybe made togovern the playing of my improved game,` but in all cases the object is to ring the pin with hairpin-shaped game pieces Aor to snap or drive the same into positions as close as possible to the center pin.

The concentric circlesat the center of the lboard have nothing lto do with the scoring but are provided in order to make it easier to judge the distance between the pinA and playing pieces..

To entitle the playing pieces to be counted, they must be driven into vthe space between the dead7 or foul lines 18.

In Fig. 8 the game board is shown as being formed from a single piece, or without the oint and hinges at the center.

In some instances it may be found desirable to provide a small shallow box-like structure that may be readily inserted or removed from the open end of the structure when the parts of the game board are folded, as illustrated in Figure 3, and which shallow box forms a filler for the open end of the structure when the same is folded as well as serving as a container for the game pieces and other small articles. that. are stored away between periods of use.

A game apparatus of myy improved con.-

struction is comparatively simple, may be. easily and cheaply producedand the playupon said apparatus provides a pleasing and entertaining pastime.

It will be understoodV that minor changes in the size, form and construction, of the.

various parts of my improved game apparatus may be made and substituted for those herein shown andvdescribed without departing from the spirit of my.y invention,

the scope of which is set forthV in; the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A game apparatus comprising a playing board having a smooth fiat upper sur-v face, a pin projecting upwardly from. th e..

central portion ofk saidboardgand aseries.4

of hairpin-shaped playing pieces that are..

adapted to be projected over thesurfaceof the board toward ,said pin; y

2. A game apparatus comprisingl a playF ing board having a smooth flat upper.v surface,a pinprojecting upwardly, from the central portion of said board, a series of hairpin-shaped playing pieces,A that are g adapted to beprojected over the surfaceof the board toward said pin andthe-surface of said playing board being ,provided .with

a series of circles concentrically arranged about said pin and with transversely` disfI posed starting and foul linesthe latter being arranged betweeny said concentric circles and the ends of said playing board.l

3. In a game apparatus, ya playing. boardformed in two parts that arehinged tofeach other `so that onepart -may overlie the other part7 a socket secured-to'.y the inner end-.lof one part and adaptedtooccupy a position between the parts when thesame lare open for play, a pin adaptedto beseated in, said `socket and a series of hai'rpinshaped playY ing pieces'adaptedl to be projected overthe surface of the playing board toward said pm.

4t. In a game apparatus, a playingl board formed in two parts that are hingedfto each other so that one part may overlie thefother part, a Vsocket secured to theinner end of one part and adaptedv to occupyl a positiony between` the partswhen the same are open4 130 for play, a pin adapted to be seated insaid socket, a series of hairpin-shaped playing with a member having a smooth flat playing pieces adapted to be projected over the sursurface and a pin projecting upwardly from 10 face of the playing board toward said pin said surface, of a series of hairpin-shaped and a rail adapted to be positioned between playing pieces adapted to be projected over 5 the parts of the playing board when one said surface toward said pin.

overlies the other, to form at one end of the In testimony whereof I affix my signafolded structure, a narrow storage space. ture.

5. In a game apparatus, the combination HENRY R. H. MYITON. 

